grass used for pasture in Africa, India, and Australia
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buffel grass in British English
(ˈbʌfəl)
noun
Australian
a pasture grass, Cenchrus ciliaris, native to Africa and India, introduced in N Australia
Examples of 'buffel grass' in a sentence
buffel grass
Elevated carbon dioxide concentration changes productive responses of buffel grass.
Roberta Machado Santos, Tadeu Vinhas Voltolini, Francislene Angelotti, Saulo de TarsoAidar, Agnaldo Rodrigues de Melo Chaves 2014, 'Productive and morphogenetic responses of buffel grass at different air temperaturesand CO2 concentrations', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000800404&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The parthenium weeds were planted with or without buffel grass.
MOHAMAD TAUFIK FAUZI 2009, 'Biocontrol Ability of Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola on Different Growth Stagesof Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.)', Hayati Journal of Bioscienceshttp://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/hayati/article/viewFile/277/142. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As controls, an additional six non inoculated plants with and without buffel grass were planted.
MOHAMAD TAUFIK FAUZI 2009, 'Biocontrol Ability of Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola on Different Growth Stagesof Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.)', Hayati Journal of Bioscienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1978301916302443. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The buffel grass always participated with over 90% in the different period of studies.
José Nilton Moreira, Mario de Andrade Lira, Mercia Virginia Ferreira dos Santos, GhermanGarcia Leal de Araújo, Grecia Cavalcanti da Silva 2007, 'POTENCIAL DE PRODUÇÃO DE CAPIM BUFFEL NA ÉPOCA SECA NO SEMI-ÁRIDO PERNAMBUCANO', Revista Caatingahttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237117565004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Use of concentrate for lambs grazing buffel grass may improve animal performance and animal traits.
Tadeu Vinhas Voltolini, Salete Alves de Moraes, Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo, LuizGustavo Ribeiro Pereira 2011, 'Concentrate levels for lambs grazing on buffel grass Doses de concentrado para cordeirosmantidos em pastos de capim-bufel', Revista Ciência Agronômicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902011000100027. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The increase in air temperatures affects morphogenetic responses of buffel grass, accelerating its vegetative development without increasing forage mass.
Roberta Machado Santos, Tadeu Vinhas Voltolini, Francislene Angelotti, Saulo de TarsoAidar, Agnaldo Rodrigues de Melo Chaves 2014, 'Productive and morphogenetic responses of buffel grass at different air temperaturesand CO2 concentrations', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000800404&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The irrigation intervals promoted reductions in the morphological, structural and productive parameters of buffel grass, when grown under greenhouse conditions.
Maria Janiele Ferreira Coutinho, Maria do Socorro de Souza Carneiro, Ricardo LoiolaEdvan, Santiago Santiago, Daiane Rodrigues Albuquerque 2015, 'Morphogenetic, structural and productive traits of buffel grass under different irrigationregimes', Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttps://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/31361/18672. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although they found morphogenetic and structural differences between accessions of buffel grass they did not affect the production parameters.
José Armando de Sousa Moreira , Jailson Lara Fagundes , Claudio Mistura , NailsonLima Santos Lemos , José Nilton Moreira , Alfredo Acosta Backes , Juciléia Aparecidada Silva Morais, Veronaldo Souza de Oliveira , Andréia Luciane Moreira 2015, 'Morphogenetical, structural and access to productive buffel grass', Semina: Ciências Agráriashttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/editor/submission/15254. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was concluded that leucaena, used as protein supplement, can improve the quality of buffel grass pastures.
Antônio Alves de Souza, Gastão Barreto Espíndola 2000, 'Bancos de proteína de leucena e de guandu para suplementação de ovinos mantidos empastagens de capim-buffel Use of leucaena and Cajanus cajan as protein supplementsfor lambs grazing on buffel grass pastures', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982000000200007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The irrigation regime of 2 days stands out as the least restrictive to the development of buffel grass.
Maria Janiele Ferreira Coutinho, Maria do Socorro de Souza Carneiro, Ricardo LoiolaEdvan, Santiago Santiago, Daiane Rodrigues Albuquerque 2015, 'Morphogenetic, structural and productive traits of buffel grass under different irrigationregimes', Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttps://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/31361/18672. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)